The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-05

The trustees of the Williamson High
School have ordered full equipment OF
patent school desks for their handsome new
school building recently completed.
The town of Florence is anxious to bear
the expense of erecting the public buildings
of the proposed county of Florence, II that
county is created by the Legislature.
The first fire in, the history of Holly
Hill occurred Tuesday. A store owned by
w D. Gilmore and occupied by Lee Rast
was burned. The stock was insured for
$780,
The steam gin of A. w. Heath, Of Ian
caster county, was recently burned, with
all its contents Loss $1,000, no insurance.
The fire is supposed to have been of incen-
diary origin.
The average assessed value of land per
acre in Laurens county is "a a. only four
other counties in the State reach this
! amount as follows: Anderson, Charleston,
Chester and York.
At Orangeburg Wednesday the Elliott
Independent Hook and Ladder Company
celebrated its seventeenth anniversary. The
company having paid entirely for all its
! property-a fine two-story building, truck
and full equipment--the members resolved
to have good time.
An application for patent for an i'm
! pro Sed reversible mail catcher has been
! filed by j. M. Keith, of Greenvllle. Mr.
/ Keith is route agent on the Greenville and
Laurens road and finding the catchers now
in use so inconvenient he has invented one
which is ready for use in whichever dlrec-
ton the train may be running.
The South Carolina Annual Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
convened in its one hundred and second
session in the Methodist church, at Spar
tanburg, Wednesday, Bishop ii. N.
McTyeire, of Nashville, Tenn, presiding
| The communion of the Lords Supper was
administered at the opening Of the confer
ence, when the entire body and visitors
| crowded to this annual sacred feast. The
I delegates number $50.
The acting Town Marshal of Cottonwood
| received letter from Philadelphia a few
days ago signed G. A. r. probably mean
ing Grand Army of the Republic) in which
the most abusive epithets were applied, both
to the Mar hal and to all Southern ladies.
The occasion of such abuse was caused by
the shooting of Henry Booth, Town Mar
shall, by Joe Grant, a negro. The letter
claimed that the Southern white people used
means to intimidate the colored or Republi-
can vote.
The people above Walhalla are consider
| ably exercised and alarmed at the cries of a
| veritable panther, which has been heard and
seen for the past few days. 1t is said that
Cobb on Monday night and gobbled up his
little flee dog. and carried it off and eat it
| up The panther, as reported by some who
| have seen it, was as large as half-grown
cow. This Is no doubt the same animal that
attacked two gentlemen near Clayton, Ga,
a few days ago.
A reapportionment bill has been intro
duced in the General Assembly. The basis
| of the proposed reapportionment of repre-
| n
not affect the number of Representatives
| from any county in the State more than one
| member either one way or the other, except
in the county of Charleston, where it is pro
posed to cut down the representation from
twelve to eight, loss of four members.
| The bill has been reported on unfavorably
by the Judiciary Committee of both the
Senate and House OF Representatives.
| A declaration for the incorporation of the
South Carolina French Colonization Com
pany has been filed in the Secretary of
States Office. Mgr. Bouland, of Greenvillo,
ana MeSsrs. r. A. Lynch, Wade H. Man
ming, F. w. McMaster and E. w. Seibels,
of Columbia, are the incorporators. The
purposes are the encouragement of immi-
grafton, establishment of colonies, partcu-
larly French colonies, in South Carolina
and to encourage grape and silk culture.
| Capital stock $500, 900, with the privilege
of increasing to s1,OOO,OOO if necessary.
The Baptist State Convention met in
annual session at Sumter, Wednesday
The following is summary in part of the
work done during the year: Number of mis-
| sionareis employed in destitute fields over
| the State So, sermons preached by mis-
sionaries of the board 1900, miles Travelled
by missionaries in their labors 80, 1898 adj
dresses on general subjects 234, expended on
church buildings Sc, 204 "a, stations occupied
1928, conversions 497, members received by
letter 100, bapt zed into the church 235,
! churches built 8, Sunday schools organized
30.
At Columbia last week the trial of James
Parker Thompson, charged with robbing
the mails while Postmaster at Camden, oc-
cupied two days of the United States Cir
| cult Court. This case has been twice brought
up in the District Court at Charleston and
both times resulted in mistrials 1t was
then transferred to the Circuit Court
and was disposed of Wednesday
The verdict was guilty upon the
first count or the violation of sec
tion 1891, and not guilty as to the second
count or the violation of section 5467. Just
before the rendering of the verdict the de
PENDANT disappeared from court. 1t is not
believed, however, that he has run away.
He was under bond for $400
The citizens of Columbia are making
every effort to help the city by having some
thing done about the canal. The following
petition was circulated Thursday and was
almost unanimously signed by the leading
business men in Columbia: ITO the Honor
able Senate and House of Representatives
We, the undersigned citizens of Columbia,
earnestly petition your honorable bodies to
pass the bill for the development of the
canal presented by the Senator from Rich
land; that a large majority of our people
prefer to bond the canal only for $500, 900,
and to require the trustees to secure only
two sites for the factories before issuing the
bonds, these sites not TO cost over $1,000
each; that the large majority of our people
are opposed to the trustees purchasing the
land below Gervais street, as it will increase
the city tax at least $4,000 year more than
is contemplated in the bill now before the
Legislature; that the rapid prosperity of
Columbia demands prompt action in open
ing the canal A >
The third annual meeting of the South
Carolina State Bar Association will be held
in columbia this week, beginning on
Wednesday. The opening address will be
made by Mr.. William H. Parker, of Able
ville President of the ociation. The first
days session will be taken up in the reading